After posing for photos, the president delivered brief remarks. “These are very troubled times in the Middle East. And we see what happened just recently, yesterday in Syria. Horrible. Horrible thing. Unspeakable,” he said in reference to the chemical attack in Syria that killed at least 72 people.

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“But I want to thank you both very much for being at the White House and we’re going to have some interesting discussions,” he added, according to a pool report.